Final Fantasy Vi: Stable Balance and Insane Ruin
Chapter 2- Locked Up No More
The week was hell. I was lashed and slapped countless times. I never cried though. I felt I had no reason. It was my warriors pride, one where I would take the torture and not feel bad because my greatest goal was accomplished. Or about to be accomplished.
It was about a week and a half, probably like 5 days but it felt like twice as much, where one of the guards went on a lunch break, and the other went to sleep. I was just recovering from a few slaps, when suddenly, the door opened. It wasn't the other guard, it was a young man. He had light brown hair, covered in multiple bandanas. I guessed he liked the color blue because he was covered in it.
"Hey, are you okay? You took quite a beating ya know!" The young man spoke.
"I don't need your help! Leave me!" Why was I being stubborn... I DID want to get out.
"Look, I know who you are, and how you betrayed the empire and such. Now your not getting out of this mess bound in chains. He then took a lockpick and set me free.
"The guard has a key out of this place," I said. He immediately found a little pin for a clock which I heard the guards say it was a key.
"Shall we go General Celes? I'll protect you because... Well its the right thing to do!" He said in a somewhat honest tone considering he was calling me general.
"Thats Celes to you. And if you want to 'protect me' go right ahead because I'll end up protecting you. Whats your name anyways?"
"Locke. Locke Cole."
He said before he opened a chest, revealing a literal shit ton of gil. His named suited him, as he picked locks better than anyone really.
"DAMN. Locke where ya going to keep all that?" He then whipped out a seemingly small bag.
"This, Celes, is an endless bag! Got it from doing a few favours and I can carry anything in it, without it weighing anything!"
"You stole it, didn't you?"
"Ma'am, I'm a Treasure Hunter, I never steal, I collect." I have to admit, I liked the way he put himself as, even if he was a thief.
"Lets go to the Figaro cave from here! We can get to Narshe from there."
"Narshe? Why are we going to Narshe?" I was kind of confused.
"Well where do I start..." He then told me the story of how he was a Returner and how he was sent to get Terra, the half Esper girl who wore the slave crown and how they went to Figaro and met with the king there, then Kefka came and tried to burn down Figaro. Then the King and his brother were reunited in the mountains and then they went to the Returner's hideout and he was sent here for intel. To sum it up.
By then we were out of South Figaro. With sword in hand, we headed to the cave.
It was midday by the time we reached the cave. As much as I loved fresh sunlight, it was really hot. The cool cave was refreshing. That was until, the end of the cave.
We could see the light of outside, when the cave started trembling. I knew the feeling, it wasn't natural. Thats when it hit me.
"TUNNEL ARMOUR!" I yelled.
"WHAT?"
"Just keep attacking it! I'll diverge its magic with my blade!"
"DON'T DIE!"
"Noted."
He kept attacking Tunnel Armour while I used my Runic blade. Eventually it ran out of magic power, since I absorbed it all. I then casted a powerful Ice spell. It froze then shattered.
"DAMN YOUR POWERFUL."
"I was a general for a reason." We then head out to Narshe, which its mountains could be seen on the distant horizon. I might like being with the Returners.
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A/N One part at a time, bear with me people! Anyways read, review and follow/favourite!